Happy Birthday from Thursday 20 November to Wednesday 26 November – Michael Adebakin, Kieran Clements, Jamie Dee, Hugo Francis, Holly Green, Oliver Greenstein, Emmanuel Ijaola, Paris King, Brandon Kufazyinei, Lydia Rogers, Zayne Servis-Hobson, Gianleo Stubbs, Sam Turner and Louis Xun
SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS 135th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – Takes place on Tuesday 25 November, to be held in the “100 Club” East Stand, StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (NW$ 1RL) at 7.30pm. The prize giving for 2024-2025 cross country and 2025 track & field season, will take place in early 2026.
This is the link to the updated Agenda for the AGM – SBH AGM Agenda 2025 (5)
This is the link to the Annual Report from 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025 – SBH Annual Report 2024-25 Rev A (4)
HOLLY RYAN – Congratulations to HOLLY who has been invited onto the futures GB relay development programme. HOLLY will also be targeting the individual 400m this season This is the second consecutive year the club have had a member of the SBH sprint squad included on this GB development squad and i as coach have had an athlete in this squad. EBUKA NWOKEJI of course being part of last year’s cohort who went on to represent GB at 200 at the European u20 champs. Many thanks to TY HOLDEN for the update.
START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE – The second fixture of five t00k place last Saturday 16 November at Horsenden Hill.
We carried on our excellent start to the season, although we had 40 runners compared to 49 at Claybury.
There were 4 Individual wins, firstly from recent new members AMELIA WILKES-TURPIE who made it 2 wins out of 2 in the Under 11 Girls race, JOSEFINE INGEBRETSEN in her debut race won the Under 15 Girls. ADAM O’GORMAN was outstanding, winning the Under 20 Men’s race and THOMAS BUTLER won the Senior Mens Race winning by just over 20 seconds.
LAST WEEKS LONDON YOUTH GAMES RESULTS – The results last week showed each athlete Team/Club as their Borough not SBH. Therefore I went through the results looking at their names, apparently RIAN SHAH and ABIGAIL EDWARDS were athletes that are not SBH. In the Under 17 Womens results MAHDIEH ABBASSIAN was omitted from the results, she finished 28th (13.05)
LAST WEEKS LONDON YOUTH GAMES TEAM RESULTS – The team results for each race have still to be published, but there is a combined team result for all Male and Female combined, which is as follows – Male 1st Richmond-Upon-Thames, 2nd Bromley, 3rd Havering, 6th Barnet – Female 1st Bromley, 2nd Richmond-Upon-Thames, 3rd Barnet
EUROPEAN MASTERS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2026 – Takes place on Friday 27 March to Thursday 2 April at Torun, Poland.
Entries are now open, link to entries and information on Opentrack – https://ema.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2026/POL/emaci/
Entries Closing Date Sunday 8 February – Please be advised that events may be full before the closing date.
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee
WINTER TRAINING SESSIONS – CLYDE GORDON has advised me that the sessions will restart from Monday 3 November and please let him no whether you wish to attend – clydeg67@hotmail.co.uk
Sessions – Mondays 7.00pm to 8.30pm will be for those interested in High Jump – Wednesdays 7.00pm to 8.30pm will be for those interested in Long/Triple Jump.
Dress in layers, ready to train, we meet in the Indoor Track about halfway down.
SBH UPCOMING FIXTURES – I have now shown below as 2 sections – The first cover Cross Country and Road fixtures for next 6 weeks – The second covers Indoor fixtures that are currently open for yourselves to enter and pay the appropiate fee. There are currently 10 fixtures from 7 December to 27 March that are now open to enter.
The following 4 Indoor fixtures are those that are promoted by SBH in 2026, I will advise yourselves when they are open to enter on Opentrack.
SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS INDOOR JUMPS MEETING – Takes place on Sunday 8 February at StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon, London (SatNav NW4 1RL). Events are Pole Vault and Long/Triple Jump
SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS OUTDOOR THROWSFEST MEETING – Takes place on Saturday 14 March at StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon, London (SatNav NW4 1RL). Events are Discus, Shot, Hammer and Javelin
SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS OUTOOR THROWSFEST MEETING – Takes place on Sunday 29 March at StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon, London (SatNav NW4 1RL). Events are Discus, Shot, Hammer and Javelin
SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS INDOOR JUMPS MEETING – Takes place on Sunday 5 April at StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon, London (SatNav NW4 1RL). Pole Vault, High Jump and Long Jump
CHANGE TO STONEX STADIUM MEMBERSHIP – To use the StoneX Stadium facilities for training, SBH members are required to pay a fee. You can register as a member (which is free) which then entitles you to a discount. This is the link to the form to apply for membership – SBH StoneX Membership 24-07-25
EMMA GOUGE who is the Stadium Athletics and SBH Co-Ordinator had advised me that any athletes coming outside the usual Tuesday and Thursday that they can tap and go with the sum up machine in West reception or scan the QR code, which they will find on the pedestrian gate on entry. We would remind you that athletes should not come through the clubhuse without paying the entry fee. This gets picked up, not only by other athletes that pay, and find it very frustrating and unfair, but also by Saracens security system which can result in a fine, and a ban from using the facility.
SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – The current SBH annual subscription is £85 (following the 2024 SBH AGM) and the current England Athletics annual registration from 1 April 2025 is £20. The current total is £105 and you will be advised via the SBH Membermojo system, when your subscription and EA fees are due for payment.
For new members there is also a charge for Club Kit which is £45, giving an overall total of £150.
RESULTS
START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE – The second fixture of five took place at Horsenden Hill on 15 November
Under 11 Boys 2k – DANIYAL JANMOHAMED U11 3rd (6.16), MARKO BIRD U11 32nd (7.16), IVAN BIRD U11 36th (7.18), MAX FISHMAN U11 49th (8.14) the winner was JESSE GELLER of Woodford Green and Essex Ladies (6.11) 50 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Woodford Green & Essex Ladies A (190 points), 2nd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (132), 3rd Hillingdons (118), 9th SBH (84) 16 teams finished
Team Positions After 2 Fixtures – 1st Woodford Green & Essex Ladies A (367 points), 2nd Woodford Green & Essex Ladies B (249), 2nd Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets (231), 4th SBH (198) 17 teams finished
Under 11 Girls 2k – AMELIA WILKES-TURPIE U11 1st (6.36), LILY JANMOHAMED U11 2nd (6.38), ELSIE BETTRIDGE U11 29th (7.51) 43 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (106 points), 2nd SBH (100), 3rd Hillingdon (99) 18 teams finished
Team Positions After 2 Fixtures – 1st Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (215 points), 2nd SBH (201), 3rd Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets (157) 19 teams finished
Under 13 Boys 3k – DENNYS PASCAL U13 2nd (9.20), HARRISON HENDERSON U13 4th (9.32), PRINCE-MOSES JOHN U13 21st (10.50) the winner was JOSHUA MAIDEN of Herts Phoenix (9.14) 61 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets (218 points), 2nd Herts Phoenix (197), 3rd Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (193), 5th SBH (159) 21 teams finished
Team Positions After 2 Fixtures – 1st Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets (424 points), 2nd Herts Phoenix (400), 3rd SBH A (357), 19th SBH B (38) 24 teams finished
Under 13 Girls 3k – GRACE ROONEY U13 9th (10.53), SIENNA DARCY U13 16th (11.12), KEENYAH ADELISE U13 23rd (11.36), ELLEN NEELY U13 26th (11.44), CATHERINE SMITH U13 32nd (11.59) the winner was LAURA GRAHAM of St Mary’s Richmond (10.22) 46 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (154 points), 2nd Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets (124), 3rd SBH A (114), 15th SBH B (15) 19 teams finished
Team Positions After 2 Fixtures – 1st 1st Woodford Green & Essex Ladies A (342 points), 2nd Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets (285), 3rd Woodford Green & Essex Ladies B (265), 4th SBH A (244), 16th SBH B (40) 21 teams finished
Under 15 Boys/Under 17 Men 4k – BEN KASPAR U15 36th (16.36 11th U15), PABLO QUESADA-CARMONA U17 37th (16.36 26th U17), EDWARD PASCAL U15 43rd (16.50 16th U15), SAM DARCY U17 50th (17.09 31st U17), TAHA COCKERELL U15 76th (18.19 38th U15), AARON HIDALGO-HUDI U15 77th (18.25 39th U15), THOMAS FELLOWS U15 85th (18.40 44th U15) the Under 15 winner was CHARLIE NICOLSON of London Heathside (14.41), the Under 17 winner was DYLAN LEWIS of Hillingdon (14.45), 56 Under 15 runners finished, 43 Under 17 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (360), 2nd Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets (354), 3rd London Heathside (353), 6th SBH A (586), 14th SBH B (327) 25 teams finished
Team Positions After 2 Fixtures – 1st Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (708 points), 2nd Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets (695), 3rd London Heathside (625), 11th SBH A (234), 22nd SBH B (62), 20th SBH C (156) 29 teams finished
Under 15 Girls/Under 17 Women 4k – JOSEFINE ENGEBRETSEN U15 2nd (17.53 1st U15), LUCIA CASALENUOVO U15 23rd (19.52 18th U15), BETHAN HATWELL U15 51st (22.04 39th U15), EMILIA LIMBRICK U15 60th (23.41 46th U15) the Under 15 winner was JOSEFINE ENGEBRETSEN of SBH (18.14), the Under 17 winner was ARABELLA NICOL of Thames Valley Harriers (17.09), 49 Under 15 runners finished, 15 Under 17 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Barnet & District (210 points), 2nd London Heathside (208), 3rd Harrow (184), 9th SBH (124) 22 teams finished
Team Positions After 2 Fixtures – 1st Barnet & District (410 points), 2nd London Heathside (406), 3rd Harrow and Herts Phoenix (365), 6th SBH (292) 25 teams finished
Senior Mixed Trial Race 4k – No SBH Runners, the Mens winner was DAVID KIRK of London Heathside (17.04), the Femal winner was KATE ROBERTS of Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (21.56) 5 male runners finished, 5 female runners finished
Under 20/Senior/Veteran Men 8k –THOMAS BUTLER 1st (23.08), ADAM O’GORMAN U20 32nd (25.20 1st U20), FINN MACCARTHY 59th (26.27), DANIEL NICHOLS V40 81st (27.23), ROBERT RIGBY V60 183rd (29.41), JONNY SHAW V50 262nd (32.08), PAUL MACCARTHY V55 279th (33.00), BARRY HAWS V50 310th (34.20), TIM PARKIN V45 364th (37.35), PHILIP CUNNINGHAM V60 399th (44.57) 401 runners finished
Team Result Senior Men Division 1 – 1st Highgate Harriers (1903 points), 2nd Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets (1854), 3rd Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (1575), 12th SBH (633) 15 teams finished – Veteran Men Division 1 – 1st Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets (449 points), 2nd Trent Park (439), 3rd London Heathside (701), 14th SBH (223) 15 teams finished
Team Positions After 2 Fixtures – Senior Men Division 1 – 1st Highgate Harriers (3857 points), 2nd Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets (3708), 3rd London Heathside (3214), 14th SBH (1194) 15 teams finished – Veteran Men Division 1 – 1st Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets (938 points), 2nd Trent Park (809), 3rd Eton Manor (351), 13th SBH (156) 15 teams finished
Under 20/Senior/Veteran Women 8k – NICOLA PAYNE 13th (30.06), EMILIA ECONOMU 70th (33.28) the winner was REBECCA PIGGOTT of London Heathside (28.08) 187 runners finished
Team Result Senior Women Division 2 – 1st Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets (396 points), 2nd Trent Park (334), 3rd Barnet & District (291), 8th SBH (152) 10 teams finished
Team Positions After 2 Fixtures – Senior Women Division 2 – 1st Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets (721 points), 2nd Trent Park (631), 3rd Southwark (494), 11th SBH (152) 14 teams finished
Howard Williams Junior Trophy After 2 Fixtures – U11, U13, U15 & U17 Men and Women Combined Team Totals
1st Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (74 points – 7 Wins), 2nd Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets (74 – 2), 3rd SBH (71 – 1)
Howard Williams Senior Trophy After 2 Fixtures – Senior Men and Women Combined Team Totals
1st Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets (27,855 points), 2nd London Heathside (27,059), 3rd Highgate Harriers (26,571), 16th SBH (10,353)
SBH INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS AFTER 2 FIXTURES – The best 4 out of 5 points result count, these are the SBH athletes currently in the Top 10 – Under 11 Boys 2nd DANIYAL JANMOHAMED (197 points) – Under 11 Girls 1st AMELIA WILKES-TURPIE (200 points), 2nd LILY JANMOHAMED (197 points) – Under 13 Boys 2nd DENNYS PASCAL (198 points), 5th HARRISON HENDERSON (193 points) – Under 15 Boys 7th BEN KASPAR (336 points) – Under 20 Men 1st ADAM O’GORMAN (1100 points) – Senior Men Mixed 7th JOEL PHILLIPS V45 (300 points)
Link to the Individual Tables for all age-groups, go to ‘Category’ to find your age-group – https://metleague.run/results/individual-results-2025/
THESE ARE THE SBH ATHLETES WHO HAVE COMPLETED 3 OR MORE CONSECUTIVE METROPOLITAN LEAGUE RACES, FOLLOWING THE HORSENDEN HILL FIXTURE ON 15 NOVEMBER
(16) PHILIP CUNNINGHAM V55/V60
(12) HARRISON HENDERSON U11/U13
(11) EDWARD PASCAL U13/U15
(9) BARRY HAWS V50, FINN MACARTHY U23
(7) KEENYAH ADELISE U11/U13, DENNYS PASCAL U13, JONNY SHAW V50
(6) ELSIE BETTRIDGE U11, PAUL MACCARTHY V55
(4) CATHERINE SMITH U11/U13, BEN KASPAR U13
(3) DANIYAL JANMOHAMED U11, PRINCE-MOSES JOHN U11/U13, LUCIA CASAENUOVO U11/U13
The current record for consecutive appearances is held by JOHN KELLY, who completed 28 races between 1985 to 1990.
SBH WINTER POINTS CHAMPIONSHIPS UPDATE AND TABLES – These are the Top 3 athletes following the Metropolitan League on 15-11-25 at Horsenden Hill;
Men – Under 11 Boys 1st Daniyal Janmohamed (16 points), 2nd Marko Bird (13), 3rd Ivan Bird (11) – Under 13 Boys 1st Dennys Pascal (16), 2nd Harrison Henderson (14), 3rd Prince-Moses John (10) – Under 15 Boys 1st Ben Kaspar (16), 2nd Edward Pascal and Roan Parkes (7) – Under 17 Men 1st Pablo Quesada-Carmona (10), 2nd Sam Darcy and Sam Turner (8) – Under 20 Men 1st Adam O’Gorman (15), 2nd John-Michael Diracles (8), 3rd Jai Daryanani (7) – Senior Men 1st Finn MaCarthy (22), 2nd Thomas Butler and Liam Dee (12) – Masters Men 40-49 1st Daniel Nichols V40 (8), 2nd Tim Parkin V45 (7) – Masters Men 50-59 1st Jonny Shaw V50 (16), 2nd Barry Haws V50 and Paul MaCarthy V55 (12) – Masters Men 60-69 1st Philip Cunningham V60 (15), 2nd Robert Rigby V60 and David Greenstein V60 (8)
Women – Under 11 Girls 1st Amelia Wilkes-Turpie (16 points), 2nd Lily Janmohamed (14), 3rd Elsie Bettridge (11) – Under 13 Girls 1st Ellen Neely (13), 2nd Keenyah Adelise (12), 3rd Sienna Darcy (11) – Under 15 Girls 1st Lucia Casalenuovo (15), 2nd Josefine Engebretsen (8), 3rd Olivia Abbott (7) – Under 17 Women 1st Posie Shaw (8) – Senior Women 1st Nocola Payne (8), 2nd Emilia Economu (7)
Link to Men and Womens Tables following the Metropolitan League on 15-11-25 – SBH Mens Cross Country Points Tables 2025-2026 Updated 15-11-25. SBH Womens Cross Country Points Tables 2025-2026 Update 15-11-25
The next Metropolitan League fixture is on Saturday 6 December at Wormwood Scrubs.
BRIGHTON 10K – Took place at Brighton on 16 November
JUDE BELL 32nd (SB 32.20)
TOP FLIGHT FULHAM 10K – Took place at Fulham on 16 November
JOSHUA FISHER U23 103rd (PB 32.19) equalling his 14 September time
NCAA DIVISION 1 SOUTH REGION CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Huntsville, Alabama, USA on 14 November
10000m – SM ISAAC HIRSHAM-CHANDLER U23 12th (29.50)
ESSA ENGLISH SCHOOLS CUP REGIONAL FINALS LONDON NORTH – Took place at Dulwich College on 10 November
Under 20 Women 3300m – ROSE-ELLEN FLANNERY U20 13th (13.44)
CARDIFF CROSS CHALLENGE – Took place at Cardiff on 8 November
Under 15 Girls 3200m – AIMEE PORTER U15 5th (11.41)
PARKRUN – Can you make sure that you are registered as ‘Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers’, as the link I use to select all results only shows SBH athletes. If anyone is also officiating can you please contact me and advise me where and when.
LINK TO PARKRUN RESULTS – This is the Link I use to obtain the current week’s Parkrun results, if you go to the bottom of the results, you can obtain the previous weeks results – parkrun.com/results/consolidatedclub/?clubNum=1018.
The results shown are for those SBH athletes that added SBH when they registered for Parkrun.
How to use results – Scroll down to the first Parkrun, Which will show you how many SBH runners had competed. To get all the runners details, click on “View Full Results” which will show all runners that had competed at that event. Scroll down to the first SBH athlete, which will his or her age, also if they have a OB, by clicking on the athletes name, this will show you how many Parkruns they have competed in sinc registering.
PARKRUNS MILESTONE VESTS – You can purchase these from 50 to 500, this is the link – https://shop.parkrun.com/collections/milestone-run-walk-vests
PARKRUNS IN THE UK – Last Saturday at parkruns in the UK, there were…
1,226 events – 217,363 walkers, joggers, runners and volunteers – 9,227 first timers – 23,894 PBs
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Aldenham on 15 November
PAUL LEWIS V50 3rd (20.50) this was his 279th Parkrun
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Ally Pally on 15 November
KARL BULMAN V50 12th (21.09) this was his 22nd Parkrun, ELINA BULMAN U23 82nd (24.40) this was her 202nd Parkrun,
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Bath Skyline on 15 November
ROBBIE LIGHTOWLER 264th (39.16) this was his 27th Parkrun
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Canons Park on 15 November
LENARD MICHEL V55 23rd (23.49) this was his 164th Parkrun, SHONA MICHEL V50 75th (28.03) this was her 169th Parkrun, ARIAN GOMES 88th (PB 29.15) this was her 2nd Parkrun, STACEY GONZALES V50 115th (32.00) this was her 72nd Parkrun
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Cottlesloe, Perth, Australia on 15 November
STUART MOORE V65 83rd (29.13) this was his 256th Parkrun
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 15 November
BARRY CHISHOLM V65 256th (30.34) this was his 388th Parkrun
PARKRRKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 15 November
BRADLEY SINGER V35 34th (22.16) this was his 344th Parkrun, OLIVIA ABBOTT U15 35th (PB 22.16) this was her 8th Parkrun, STUART SINGER V65 49th (22.58) this was his 489th Parkrun
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Rendlesham Forest on 15 November
ROSS HAMMOND U20 5th (20.58) this was his 101st Parkrun
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Sunny Hill on 15 November
JACOB CLEMENT U20 1st (18.33) this was his 13th Parkrun
SBH UPCOMING CROSS COUNTRY AND ROAD FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 6 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 20 NOVEMBER UNTIL WEDNESDAY 31 DECEMBER – The SBH 2025 Summer Fixture Card and Information Sheet can be found on the SBH website, in which you can Access/Print a copy for future reference. Also the majority of fixtures Information can be found on the SBH Website under the ‘Upcoming Fixtures’ section.
FRATERNITY AND SORORITY CUPS – Takes place on Saturday 22 November at Trent Park, Cockfosters Road, Middlesex (SatNav EN4 0PS). The start is close to the car park which is accessible from the western gate of Trent Park, found on the left-side before reaching Cockfosters underground station (Piccadilly line).
Timetable – 13.45 7700m for Men/Women – Junior, Senior and Veteran. Numbers will be given out close to the start area.
Note: You do not have to be pre-entered, just turn up and run.
NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE – The third fixture of five takes place on Saturday 22 November at Trent Park, Cockfosters Road, Middlesex (SatNav EN4 0PS).
For age-groups U11, U13, U15 & U17 Boys and Girls
The start is close to the car park which is accessible from the western gate of Trent Park, found on the left-side before reaching Cockfosters underground station (Piccadilly line).
Timetable –First race Starts at 12.00noon. Numbers will be given out close to the start area.
Note: You do not have to be pre-entered, just turn up and run. Will any of our Female athletes please see TY HOLDEN who will give you a race number
SBH 135th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – Takes place on Tuesday 25 November, to be held in the “100 Club” East Stand, StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (NW$ 1RL) at 7.30pm. The prize giving for 2024-2025 cross country and 2025 track & field season, will take place in early 2026.
This is the link to the agenda for the AGM – SBH AGM Agenda 2025
SOUTHERN INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 29 November at Horsenden Hill, Greenford (SatNav UB6 0NZ).
Timetable – 11.00 U13 Girls (Approximately 3k), 11.20 U13 Boys (Approximately 3k), 11.40 U15 Girls (Approximately 4k), 12.25 U15 Boys (Approximately 4k), 12.50 U17 Men (Approximately 5k), 13.15 U17 Women (Approximately 5k), 13.40 U20 Women and Senior Women (Approximately 6k)
Entries Closed
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your County Team Manager
SOUTHERN MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 29 November Saturday 29 November at Horsenden Hill, Greenford (SatNav UB6 0NZ).
Timetable – 11.45 Women 40+ 50+, 60+ (Approximately 6k), 14.10 Men 40+, 50+, 60+ (Approximately 10k)
Entries Closed
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager
START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE – The third fixture of five takes place on Saturday 6 December at Wormwood Scrubs, Linford Christie Stadium, Du Cane Road (SatNav W12 0DF)..
Full details to be published
START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE RACE NUMBERS – I have been asked to remind you that your race number must be kept by yourselves, and is to be used for all 5 fixtures.
START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE WINTER POINTS CHAMPIONSHIPS – The third Start Fitness Metropolitan League fixture at Wormwood Scrubs, is the third fixture in the Winter Points Series for all age-groups.
Age-Groups Under 13 to Veteran Men and Women, the final positions are based on the best 5 results from the 7 fixtures available. Age-Groups Under 11 Boys and Girls, the final positions are based on the best 4 results from the 6 fixtures available.
MIDDLESEX CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 13 December at Hillingdon House Farm, Gatting Way, Uxbridge (Satnav UB8 1ES).
Toilets and Changing Rooms: Are located at the Hillingdon Athletic Track. There will be NO at start and finish of course
Car Parking: No parking will be available at either Hillingdon Sports and Leisure Centre or Uxbridge College.If you are driving, please park in one of the town centre car park. These include The Chimes (c.1500 spaces) and The Pavilions, where there are two car parks, Cedars and Grainges (c.1000 spaces). There is only limited street parking in the area and we recommend use of Public transport to get to the venue.
Public Transport: The nearest underground station is Uxbridge (Met and Piccadilly lines). Then take a U2 bus (towards Brunel University) or a 15-minute walk from the town centre ans station or Hillingdon (Met and Piccadilly lines).and access the eastern side of Hillingdon House Farm sports ground.
Course: The river crossing will not be used in any of the races. Course maps will be made available closer to race day.
Athletes: Please do not warm-up on the football pitches that are close to the finish.
Start Times 11.100am U11 Boys (2000m), 11.20am U11 Girls (2000m), 11.30am U13 Boys (3000m), 11.35am U13 Girls (3000m), 11.50am U15 Boys (4000m), 12.00pm U15 Girls (4000m), 12.25pm U17 and U20 Men (6000m), 12.35pm U17 and U20 Women (6000m), 1.00pm Senior Women (8000m), 1.45pm Senior Men (12000m).
Link to document showing all information – Middlesex Championship Prospectus 13-12-25
Entries Closing Date Friday 5 December
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager
SBH WINTER POINTS CHAMPIONSHIPS – The Middlesex Championship fixture at Hillingdon House Farm, is the fourth fixture in the Winter Points Series for the Under 11 Boys and Girlsl age-groups.
Age-Groups Under 11 Boys and Girls, the final positions are based on the best 4 results from the 6 fixtures available.
SOUTHERN U15/U17/U20 AND SENIOR COMBINED EVENTS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 13 December and Sunday 14 December at Lee Valley Athletics Centre are 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR) .
To enter please use this link – http://www.seaa.org.uk/index.php
Entries Closing Date Tuesday 2 December
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee
EUROPEAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Sunday 14 December at Lagoa, Portugal.
Note: You will be selected following the trials on the 29 November
BOXING DAY BONANZA RUN – Takes place on Friday 26 December at StoneX Stadium.
DAVE BEDFORD will be organising this event, with the racing starting at 11.00.
The issuing of numbers, refreshments and prize giving takes place in the Indoor Track area. Distance 2 miles and 1 mile for Under 11. Only £2 entry fee! There will be prizes, raffle (bring cash) and free refreshments……why not come in fancy dress.
A run or even walk for all the family including pets!. Last year we had 50 runners! Donations to the raffle welcome with winners galore!
SBH UPCOMING INDOOR FIXTURES, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD SUNDAY 7 DECEMBER AND ANY FIXTURE THAT IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO ENTER – The SBH 2025 Summer Fixture Card and Information Sheet can be found on the SBH website, in which you can Access/Print a copy for future reference. Also the majority of fixtures Information can be found on the SBH Website under the ‘Upcoming Fixtures’ section.
INFORMATION ON THE LEE VALLEY INDOOR MINITHONS – The final Minithon place on Saturday 28 March at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, London (N9 0AR)
Entries open on Monday 2 February.
Link to the document that explains what a Minithon is, also details of all 3 Minithons – Lee Valley Minithons 2025-2026
Link to all Lee Valley information – https://www.better.org.uk/leisure-centre/lee-valley/athletics-centre/minithon
LEE VALLEY INDOOR OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Sunday 7 December at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, London (N9 0AR)
Age-Groups – Under 13 and above
Events – 60m (2 rounds), 300m, 600m, 60m Hurdles (2 rounds), High Jump (Min 1m), Pole Vault (Min 1m), Long Jump. Shot Put
Entries now open on Opentrack, link to Opentrack – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/decopen/
Entries Closing Date Sunday 30 November – Please be advised that events may be full before the closing date.
Note: You will have to be enter yourself, and pay the appriate fee
SOUTHERN U15/U17/U20 AND SENIOR COMBINED EVENTS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 13 December and Sunday 14 December at Lee Valley Athletics Centre are 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR)
Events Saturday – U15B Pentathlon – U17W Pentathlon – U17M, U20M & SM Heptathlon (Day 2)
To enter please use this link – https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/about?id=27400
Entries Closing Date Tuesday 2 December
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee
LEE VALLEY INDOOR MINITHON – Takes place on Saturday 20 December at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, London (N9 0AR)
Entries Have Reached Full Capacity
Note: You will have to be enter yourself, and pay the appriate fee
LEE VALLEY NEW YEARS INDOOR OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Tuesday 1 January, at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR).
Events are 60m, 200m 300m, 400m and 800m. For all age-groups including U13s.
To enter please use this link to Opentrack – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/lvacnewyearsopen/
Entries Closing Date Sunday 29 December – Please be advised that events may be full before the closing date.
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee
SOUTHERN U13/U15/U17 INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at Lee Valley Athletics Centre are 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR) on Saturday 10 January and Sunday 11 January
Events Saturday – U13 60m, 800m Heats, Long Jump, High Jump, Shot – U15 60m, 800m Heats, 60m Hurdles – U17 60m, 60m Hurdles
Events Sunday – U13 800m Finals – U15 200m, 300m, 800m Finals, Long/Triple Jump, High Jump, Pole Vault, Shot – U17 200m, 400m, 800m, Long/Triple Jump, High Jump, Pole Vault, Shot
To enter please use this link – https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/about?id=27414
Entries Closing Date Tuesday 30 December
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee
LEE VALLEY LONDON U20 AND SENIOR INDOOR GAMES – Takes place at Lee Valley Athletics Centre are 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR) on Saturday 17 January and Sunday 18 January.
Events are 60m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 60m Hurdles, High Jump, Pole Vault, Long Jump, Triple Jump and Shot Put.
Entries Open Now, Link to entries on Opentrack – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2026/GBR/ligu20sen/
Entries Closing Date Friday 9 January – Please be advised that events may be full before the closing date.
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee.
ENGLAND U20 & SENIOR INDOOR COMBINED EVENTS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 17 January and Sunday 18 January at EIS, Coleridge Lane, Sheffied (Satnav S9 5DA)
Events Saturday – U20M & SMHeptathlon, U20W & SW Pentathlon
To enter please use this link – https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/participants?id=27562
Entries Closing Date Friday 16 January
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee
LEE VALLEY LONDON U13, U15 AND U17 INDOOR GAMES – Takes place at Lee Valley Athletics Centre are 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR) on Saturday 24 January and Sunday 25 January.
Events are 60m, 200m, 300m, 400m, 800m, 60m Hurdles, High Jump, Pole Vault, Long Jump, Triple Jump and Shot Put.
Entries Open Now, Link to entries on Opentrack – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2026/GBR/ligu13u15u17/
Entries Closing Date Saturday 17 January – Please be advised that events may be full before the closing date.
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee.
LEE VALLEY MIDDLE DISTANCE INDOOR OPEN MEETING – Takes place at Lee Valley Athletics Centre are 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR) on Wednesday 18 February.
Events are 800m U13 and above, 1500m U15 and above, first race starts at 18.30
Entries Open Now, Link to entries on Opentrack – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2026/GBR/lvacmiddledistance/
Entries Closing Date Friday 14 February – Please be advised that events may be full before the closing date.
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee.
EUROPEAN MASTERS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2026 – Takes place on Friday 27 March to Thursday 2 April at Torun, Poland.
Entries are now open, link to entries and information on Opentrack – https://ema.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2026/POL/emaci/
Entries Closing Date Sunday 8 February – Please be advised that events may be full before the closing date.
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee
THE MEN’S 400M AND MIDWEEK MAGIC – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.
Expect the 400m fireworks to fly at next summer’s European Championships in Birmingham. Anyone who watched the London Athletics Meet earlier this year will have seen how the fireworks can fly when MATTHEW HUDSON-SMITH and CHARLIE DOBSON face each other on the track over 400m. And that mouthwatering prospect lies in store once again at the 2026 European Championships in Birmingham. The evening session on Wednesday August 12 at the Alexander Stadium will feature the men’s 400m final and, once again, should have all the ingredients of another truly memorable occasion.
Belgium’s 2024 world indoor champion ALEXANDER DOOM struck gold at the last edition of the European Championships in Rome but HUDSON-SMITH, himself a two-time European champion (2018 and 2022) will have a point to prove after missing out on the podium at this year’s World Championships. The US-based Olympic and world silver medallist who hails from Wolverhampton also finished second during his last championships outing at the Alexander Stadium, at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, and would love nothing more than coming out on top in his own back yard.
DOBSON – second to DOOM in Rome – will be in the medal hunt, too, and beat his fellow countryman in London back in July with a flying finish that took him to victory and a personal best of (44.14). Britain’s ever-improving SAM REARDON will be inspired by the home crowd factor in a field that will also feature the likes of Hungary’s European indoor champion ATTILIA MOLNAR.
You can still buy tickets here
CROSS PURPOSES – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.
What does the future look like for cross country, a corner of the sport that has been “taken for granted” and needs to modernise, but could continue to play an important role for athletics? “The short answer is yes,” says JAKOB LARSEN, responding to the question of whether or not he feels there is untapped potential in cross country running. At its core, the discipline that has been used by so many athletes as a foundation stone of endurance running is largely unchanged from its inception in the 19th century. It remains a mainstay of the calendar, too, but LARSEN – the man who led the organising committee behind the innovative 2019 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Aarhus, Denmark – believes it is one of the areas of athletics that has been “left behind” down the years. “I think the world cross country championships and the 1500m are the Blue Riband distances,” he adds. “They are always extremely competitive, very hard to predict, and just good fun. For cross country, a lot has been taken for granted, and we focused on the functional part of it and less on the just having fun part of it. I do think it has a future but we just need to make it fun for more people.” The winds of change could soon be blowing across this corner of the sport. The campaign to make it an Olympic event again for the first time since 1924 has long been established but was given renewed momentum by proposals that it could be included at the winter Games of 2030, sharing the same course as cyclocross.
Just recently, World Athletics president SEB COE reiterated an idea that was also aired in Paris last year. “I think there’s a good chance it’ll happen,” he said. “I’ve always wanted to see cross-country back in for all sorts of reasons. Some are emotional, but it also gives Africa a proper presence in the winter Games which, if we are being honest, it doesn’t really have. Sharing the same course with cyclocross is really where our thinking is going. We’ve already had good conversations.” LARSEN, the now Head of Product Research and Development at the global governing body, agrees that the proposal makes sense. “That’s an interesting thought, which may steer cross country in a completely new direction, but we’ll see,” he says. That note of caution was perhaps apt, given recent comments from Winter Olympic Federations secretary general COLIN GRAHAMSLAW, who appeared to pour cold water on the idea.
The Dane is just pleased to see it in the conversation. The topic of innovation is currently a hot one in athletics but, while road and trail running is going through a purple patch and seeing great growth, it has seemed a little like cross country has been quietly left to get on with it. “There is a future [for cross country,” says LARSEN. “I definitely see cross country would have a lot to offer, but we need to think about: ‘How do we make it worthwhile for people who are investing time, money, attention?’ They need to get a return of that investment, if you will. So we probably need to do a better job of not focusing only on the field of play, but actually turning our backs to that and looking at the people watching it. Are they having a good time? I do think it has a future, but I also think that, like everything else, it needs to adjust to the current day and age.” LARSEN is an ideas man and his approach in Aarhus six years ago, with its exacting and innovative course that involved running over the roof of a museum, steep ups and downs, mud pits and fan tunnels, made a major attempt to mix things up. Incorporating a mass participation event to the programme was another fresh piece of thinking.
There are things that LARSEN would do differently if he were in charge again but the biggest obstacle to building on the momentum that had been set in motion by that event was Covid, meaning that the next edition of the world cross – in Bathurst, Australia – didn’t come until four years later. “That is a very long time to wait for a follow-up,” he says, “But I do think the sport as a whole probably didn’t really reflect that much on Aarhus and what worked, and, to be honest, what didn’t work. If there was one thing we got right, it was that we started out with the question of ‘where can we do a race that would be really fun to watch?’. “We had several options [of what to do with the course], and we looked at them and said: ‘This is generic. This is boring’ but [when we started looking at running on] the roof, everyone was just smiling and I thought: ‘Okay, if everyone is smiling it’s probably right’. So I guess we should be led by smiles!” Bathurst, and the event location of the motor racing circuit at Mount Panorama, tried to do things a little differently too but the mess of 2023, when the world championships were switched to Belgrade late on after the original Croatian hosts of Medulin and Pula were found to be falling short of expectations, didn’t help. Next up is Tallahassee in Florida on January 10 and, as revealed in the October issue of AW, creative plans are afoot to make this a memorable edition of the championships for the right reasons.
And LARSEN sees no reason why the event shouldn’t attract attention. He views the world cross in a category all of its own, in much the same way that the Paris-Roubaix race – famed for its rough terrain and cobbled roads – occupies a unique place in the world of cycling. “At times, an event can actually grow beyond the reach of the sport itself,” he says. “I tend to compare the world cross country championships to the Paris-Roubaix cycling race, which probably wouldn’t be invented today, yet it’s extremely popular. I think there’s so many similarities. You probably wouldn’t come up with something like this today but it has transcended the sport and become just an important moment.” And yet it doesn’t always attract the most “important” athletes. Whilst many of the biggest African names tend to compete, the same cannot be said for other nations. That, says Larsen, is largely down to market forces. “I think cross country got left behind when the sport took off financially,” he says. “You are basically asking the top athletes to choose cross country over road, knowing that they are very likely to give up a decent amount of money and to me that’s an unreasonable thing to ask. This is more a matter of: ‘How do we grow cross country financially?’. Because if we want to have the very best athletes there, we need to pay the going rate. “The athletes who prioritise cross country right now, they’re doing it because some believe it’s good for preparation, but they also do it because they like it, because their country supports it. I do think, moving forward, we need to grow it financially and to me the easiest way to do that would be mass participation, making sure that you create something that people can take part in. I mean, it’s the road running recipe – we’re 40-50 years late.”
Of course, domestic mass participation cross country, where the elites and masses toe the same start line, has existed for some time – and nowhere is it better known than in the UK. “[Cross country has] still got a massive following,” says EAMONN MARTIN – Olympian, secretary of the English Cross Country Association and race director of the London meeting that forms part of the annual UK Athletics Cross Challenge. “Generally, there’s lots of people running cross countries and there still seems to be a strong commitment to the leagues. The number of league matches is down but I don’t think that’s because of a lack of appetite – it’s more logistics. It’s become harder and harder to get venues. More and more of them want what is large money for a sport like cross country.”
MARTIN agrees with LARSEN in that there needs to be some modernisation in terms of how the sport operates. The former London Marathon winner is part of the discussions currently taking place around the future of the UK calendar and is firmly of the view that the cross country season – which currently runs from October until March – needs to be shorter for a start. “Cross country is not as popular in March,” he says. “Yes, the English schools and the Inter Counties are on then but people do venture on to the roads a lot more. I think we need to pull the whole cross country season forward. It is popular and I think if we condense it into October through to February, it’s got a really good life. “Some people still want to run it right through to the end of March but I think that it’s a long season and it’s a little bit unrealistic. And that’s been part of why I’ve been heavily involved in the fixture debate to try and change it. March and April tends to be the general road season, with people preparing for the various marathons. Plus, the same people who would run cross country generally are running road races.”
MARTIN also sees merit in turning around and paying attention to the crowd. He was particularly struck, for example, by what he saw behind the ropes at the English National at the renowned venue of Parliament Hill in London earlier this year. “The National entries were good,” he says. “They weren’t the biggest ever but the buzz, the people there and the number of spectators was colossal. In terms of a spectacle, it was really, really good.” MARTIN will also be the Great Britain team manager at next month’s European Cross Country Championships – the annual end-of-year event which has also done great things in terms of format, presentation and quality of racing. Given those championships began in Britain – Alnwick in 1994 to be precise – and that the nation are prolific medal winners, that it hasn’t been staged on British shores since Edinburgh in 2003 seems odd, to say the least.
THE THIRD RE-UNION AT THE SHAFTESBURY TAVERN – Following last years succesful meet up, therefore this year their will be another get together in the Shaftesbury Tavern in Hornsey. We will be meeting at 7pm on Monday 1 December 2025. The Shaftesbury Tavern is located on the corner of Shaftesbury Road and Hornsey Road. It would be great to see some of you there! there will be a few drinks, good Thai (and other food) and most importantly good company and conversation!
The Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Centenary Year Book states: And so it came about that in 1890 a few lads, most of whom would have been about 16 years of age, assembled at Jubilee Hall and decided to form a running club and called it Shaftesbury Harriers. Jubilee Hall was then newly built and used for dances, concerts and such-like social events, and was over what was then called a coffee tavern. It stood at the corner of Hornsey Road and Fairbridge Road, not far from Hornsey Road railway station, and about a mile from Hampstead Heath.
It seems probable that, like others of the many clubs being formed about that time, the title came from a road in the district. Possibly some lads lived in Shaftesbury Road close by: with its tall Victorian houses the road has not changed so much with the passing years. The Shaftesbury Tavern is still on the corner.
ENGLAND ATHLETICS THROWS COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER – Just received the September and October issue from NICK RIDGEON of England Athletics – England Athletics September & October Throws Community Newsletter
SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT– To follow our newInstagram account, from your own account, by searching for ‘shaftesbury_barnet’ or by clicking https://www.instagram.com/shaftesbury_barnet/
To Members and Parents, if you wish for any photographs to be posted on Instagram, please email them to sbh.instagram@outlook.com If you can at the same time give details on when and where the photographs was taken, plus any other comments.
Please feel free to post photographs of any special occasion, for example, your wedding day, an addition to the family.
THE FOLLOWING IS CLUB INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TOPICS
‘MEMBERMOJO’ SECURE MEMBERS SYSTEM – We have implemented a new secure member system to allow members to join and renew their membership online. (You can also delete yourself from our records if you are no longer a member, or you can request deletion from sean.sutherland@yahoo.ca)
Your basic contact information has been imported. Please check and update your data so that we can have up-to-date information. View your profile using the instructions below, check your data and update as necessary. You will also be able to renew your record when it is close to expiring (within a month of expiry). Payments will still be made via bank transfer.
Link to document which gives information to existing members on the system, and how to use it – Membermojo Instructions To Use For Existing Members May 2025
SBH 2025-2026 WINTER FIXTURE CARD – The SBH 2025-2026 Winter Fixture Card and Information Sheet has now been published on the SBH Website on 6 September 2025, and now updated on 27 October 2025. This is the link to the fixture card, which you can access and print for future reference – B SBH Winter 2025-2026 Fixture Card Fixtures Issued 06-09-25 And Updated 27-10-25
Changes on the fixture card are highlighted in RED which are as follows;
Cross Country – Hertfordshire Championships now takes place on 3 January and not the 4, BUCS Championships will now take place in April.
Road Relays – Southern 6/12 Stage on 29 March, venue to be confirmed.
Indoors Fixtures At Lee Valley – December new fixture OPEN MEETING on the 7 – January LONDON U20/SENIOR GAMES on the 17-18 and LONDON U13/U15/U17 GAMES on the 24-25 – February SBH JUMPS MEETING on the 8, MIDDLES DISTANCE OPEN MEETING on the 18 and SBH THROWSFEST MEETING on the 29 – March SBH THROWSFEST MEETING on the 14 and ENGLAND MASTERS INTER AREA CHAMPIONSHIPS on the 14 – April SBH JUMPS MEETING on the 5.
England Indoor Fixtures At Sheffield – January ENGLAND ATHLETICS U20/SENIOR COMBINED EVENTS CHAMPIONSHIPS on the 17-18 – February ENGLAND ATHLETICS U15/U17/U20 CHAMPIONSHIPS on the 7-8.
SBH CROSS COUNTRY POINTS RACES – There are a series of races which all age-groups from Under 11 to Masters can compete. The Under 11 Boys and Girls have 6 races available to compete over the season, which are the 5 Metropolitan League fixtures and either the Hertfordshire or Middlesex Championships. The final results is based on the best 4 points achieved from the 6 races available. The Under 13 to Masters Men and Women have 7 races available to compete over the season, which are the 5 Metropolitan League fixtures plus the Southern and National Championships. The final results is based on the best 5 points achieved from the 7 races available.
The Information Sheet includes details of the SBH CROSS COUNTRY CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP RACES – There are a series of designated races which all age-groups from Under 11 to Masters can compete. The Under 20 Men, 5 Miles Senior Men and Masters Men 40+ race is the Metropolitan League on 6 December, the Under 11 Boys and Girls race is the Metropolitan League on 10 January – All remaining Men and Women age-groups race is the Southern Championships on 24 January.
REQUEST FROM TEAM MANAGERS – We are asking that you reply to team managers when they contact you? It’s very difficult to select a team if the athletes don’t reply especially when we can see that they have read the text. Even if they are unavailable the team managers need to know!
COMBINED SBH CLUB RECORDS – I have produced 7 single document, 1 document for example is ‘Men’s Club Track and Road Records Outdoors’ and shows events from Under 9 up to Masters 70+ on two pages.
These are 7 documents updated on 23 July 2025, and shows changes in RED from the previous issue of the 14 June 2025 – A Club Outdoor Track And Road Records For All Men Age Groups Updated 23-07-25 B Club Outdoor Field Records For All Men Age Groups Updated 23-07-25 C Club Indoor Track Records For All Men Age Groups Updated 23-07-25 D Club Indoor Field Records For All Men Age-Groups Updated 23-07-25 E Club Outdoor Track And Road Records For All Women Age Groups Updated 23-07-25 F Club Outdoor Field Records For All Women Age Groups Updated 23-07-25 G Club Indoor Track And Field Records For All Women Age Groups Updated 23-07-25
CHANGE TO STONEX STADIUM MEMBERSHIP – To use the StoneX Stadium facilities for training, SBH members are required to pay a fee. You can register as a member (which is free) which then entitles you to a discount. This is the link to the form to apply for membership – SBH StoneX Membership 24-07-25
EMMA GOUGE who is the Stadium Athletics and SBH Co-Ordinator had advised me that any athletes coming outside the usual Tuesday and Thursday that they can tap and go with the sum up machine in West reception or scan the QR code, which they will find on the pedestrian gate on entry. We would remind you that athletes should not come through the clubhuse without paying the entry fee. This gets picked up, not only by other athletes that pay, and find it very frustrating and unfair, but also by Saracens security system which can result in a fine, and a ban from using the facility.
GEORGE HARRISON MBE MEMORIAL DOCUMENT – The document has been put together with contributors from LISA WEBB, MARTIN ROCHFORD, NADEEM SHAIKH, RACHEL FELTON, LIAM and JAMIE DEE, JAMES LOVELL, EMILIA ECONOMU, ALAN WELLER, KAREN HARRISON, TIM UNDERHILL, GLEN WATTS, JOANNA WINFIELD, SHAUN CLIFFORD and EUAN MACKENZIE – Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Memorial To George Harrison From Friends And Members 20 April 2023
If you wish to contribute your own memories and/or photographs of GEORGE, please email them to me, either within the email or as a separate attached word document.
CODES OF CONDUCT – SBH have now adopted the UK Athletics (UKA) and the Home Country Athletics Federations (HCAF) Codes of Conduct which set out national standards of conduct for all clubs, coaches, officials, volunteers and athletes in the sport. The purpose of the codes are to clarify what behaviours are acceptable and unacceptable, the standards of practice expected and the basis for challenging and improving practice. The Codes are similar to our previous Codes of Conduct which were part of the previous ClubMark scheme. All club member and anyone undertaking a relevant role must agree to abide by the codes of conduct. The Codes of Conduct have now been put onto our Website, please read these to understand the commitments you are making by being a member of SBH.
Link to the Code of Conduct document – Codes Of Conduct Booklet 2021 (1)
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION OF INTEREST CAN BE FOUND ON THE SBH WEBSITE BY USING THIS LINK – http://sbharriers.co.uk/
Section ‘About Us’, includes Annual Reports, Best Performance Trophy Awards, Individual And Relay Best Performances By Year, Club Records and SBH All-Time Top 10 T&F Performances.
Section ‘Team Managers And Competitions’, shows details of Track & Field, Cross Country and Road Relays Team Managers.
Section ‘Future Information/Results’, includes Information On Each Fixture, Summer & Winter Fixture Cards, Winter X/C Points Tables and Winter Club Championships Winners.
SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS NEW CLUB KIT – They are now available to purchase from our club kit supplier, Supreme Sports – click on the link for the full range – https://www.supreme-sports.co.uk/webshop/schools-and-clubs/shaftesbury-barnet-harriers/
By opening the link, you will be on the front page, which displays the men’s items. Click on SBH LADIES for the women’s items, or click on SBH KIDS for the young athletes’ items.
CLUB HOODIES – With well over eight hundred hoodies already in circulation, this is your opportunity to join the club. The bright red hoody is made to order and has your name embroidered on the front along with the club badge and has the Club name on the back. We now have 2 styles, the original pull over style at £37 + P&P or the new one with a full zip at £40 + P&P.
Here is the link to the Supreme Sports website which if you click on it, will take YOU to the new Club Hoody and allow you to then view the full range of Club kit online – https://www.supreme-sports.co.uk/webshop/schools-and-clubs/shaftesbury-barnet-harriers/
ACCESS TO SBH CLUBHOUSE – The new Keyholders to the outside door are TY HOLDEN, CLYDE GORDON, NEVILLE THOMPSON, GREG THOMPSON, COLIN GODFREY and YAMILLE ALDAMA who all use the Clubhouse outside of normal stadium opening hours. GEOFF MORPHITIS and DAVE BEDFORD will also have a key. All other key fob holders can continue to gain access to the clubhouse via the (New) West Stand Entrance and the Trackside Door to the Clubhouse.
Link to note and details for further information – SBH Club House Door 20-01-23
PHOTOGRAPH’S – From time to time we have photographs of our members taken at meetings or presentations which we would like to use both on the website or incorporated within our report to our local newspaper. Can you please let me know if you do NOT want your photograph to be published. Also, I would appreciate if you could send me any photographs, which I can then publish on the website and newsletter.
FACEBOOK – Photographs can be found on the SBH page.
CAN YOU HELP PLEASE – I would welcome any contributions From Yourselves, any impending marriages, or additions to the family, any running or competing incidents, also past warm weather training/holidays (No Club 24 please). Currently the response has been excellent, but if you have anything that could make it into next week’s Newsletter – please email me.
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION OF SHAFTESBURY INFORMATION – Currently I notify members (by email) using “MailChimp”. The reason I changed, was in November 2017 “Gmail” put a limit of 100 addresses that users could send to in a 24-hour period, and currently I send to approximately 850 members each issue.
On seeking technical advice “MailChimp” was recommended as the best way for SBH to go forward. There is one thing you should be aware off is that when you receive an email from me, the footer at the bottom has 4 options, of which one is “Unsubscribe Me From List”. Could I ask you not to select this as if you do you will be automatically removed from my distribution list.
SBH MIDWEEK POLE VAULT CLUB AT STONEX STADIUM – The current arrangements until further notice are that Pole Vault training is on Monday’s and Wednesday’s from 18.30pm to 21.00pm. Please contact the session administrator CLYDE GORDON at clydeg67@hotmail.co.uk in advance and let him know if you are planning to attend.
SBH HIGH JUMPS GROUP AT STONEX STADIUM – High Jump training takes place on Monday’s from 19.00pm to 21.00pm. These sessions will be run by our High Jump Coach GRANT BROWN. There will be a charge of £10 per session.
Please contact the session administrator CLYDE GORDON at clydeg67@hotmail.co.uk in advance and let him know if you are planning to attend
SBH TRAINING AND COACHING – Please see the SBH 2025-2026 Winter Fixture Card, which gives details of Training and Coaching – A SBH Winter 2025-2026 Fixture Card Front Sheet Issued 06-09-25
POLE VAULTERS REQUIRED FOR 2025 – To all athletes young & old – are you aware of the SBH Pole Vault sessions held at StoneX Stadium on Monday & Wednesday evenings from 18.30pm. We have room to coach more of you, why not come along and watch a session and the get involved – give it a try NOW.
Please contact the session administrator CLYDE GORDON at clydeg67@hotmail.co.uk for more details.
STEEPLECHASE TRAINING AT STONEX STADIUM – Check with your Coach for details of training times.
SBH PRIVACY STATEMENT – In becoming a member, SBH will collect certain information about you. Can you please read the attached ‘Privacy Statement’ which contains Information on General Data Protection Regulations – SBH Privacy Statement Final April 2018
STONEX STADIUM – Main Switchboard telephone number is 020 3675 72510.
STONEX STADIUM AWARDED TRACKMARK STANDARD – Congratulations on achieving the UK Athletics Quality Assurance Standards for StoneX Stadium. This is the letter from UK Athletics and certificate showing all area that achieved compliance – StoneX Stadium Award Letter 09.11.21StoneX Stadium Certificate
ALAN WELLER – SBH NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND WEBSITE MANAGER – alanweller111@gmail.com
